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... 2009 crystallisation CVD coatings electron backscattering electron diffraction fission reactor fuel laser ablation mass spectra optical microscopy Raman spectra scanning electron microscopy silicon compounds wide band gap semiconductors X-ray diffraction This investigation...

... coating techniques CVD coatings pyrolysis Raman spectroscopy silicon compounds wide band gap semiconductors The ever increasing worries produced by climate change, political instabilities in important oil producing countries, and the continuous increase in oil prices have sparked a long...

... silicon compounds The successful development and design of continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are dependent on the understanding of their basic mechanical properties such as deformation, strength, fracture resistance, and delayed failure (fatigue, slow crack growth...

... and Aeroengine Congress and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, June 16–19, 2003, Paper No. 2003-GT-38713. Manuscript received by IGTI, Oct. 2002, final revision, Mar. 2003. Associate Editor: H. R. Simmons. 16 June 2003 01 Oct 2002 01 Mar 2003 15 04 2005 gas turbines combustion silicon...

... materials protective coatings engines silicon compounds melt infiltration 01 10 2004 01 03 2005 2007 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... 2002 01 March 2003 07 06 2004 micromechanical devices gas turbines silicon compounds thermodynamics micromachining The need for a portable microsized power source is increasing with the development of unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous robots and other mobile devices...

... compressors aerodynamics gas turbines rotors computational fluid dynamics silicon compounds For most of the 60-year-plus history of the gas turbine, economic forces have directed the industry toward ever larger engines, currently exceeding 100,000 lbs of thrust for aircraft propulsion and 400 MW...

... reinforced composites fasteners silicon compounds gas turbines aircraft testing combustion failure (mechanical) melt infiltration aerospace propulsion ceramics A major focus of NASA’s enabling propulsion materials (EPM) program was development of advanced ceramic matrix composites (CMC’s...

.... fibre reinforced composites ceramics gas turbines failure (mechanical) cracks silicon compounds carbon compounds Because of the importance of this environmental issue, it is of interest to understand how the thermostructural capability of Si-based CMC would be altered if EBC coatings were...

..., February 2000. Associate Editor: D. Wisler. 08 May 2000 01 November 1999 01 February 2000 19 06 2002 ceramics fibre reinforced composites melt infiltration materials testing high-temperature effects high-pressure effects gas turbines silicon compounds carbon compounds...

.... 08 May 2000 01 Oct 1999 01 Oct 2000 materials preparation ceramics composite materials silicon compounds carbon compounds high-temperature effects aerospace industry materials testing fibre reinforced composites Ceramic matrix composites (CMC’s) are leading...

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... Technical Editor: D. Wisler. 07 June 1999 09 March 1999 03 January 2000 silicon compounds nitrogen compounds stress relaxation ceramics gas turbines creep testing Ceramics offer a number of potential advantages for high temperature components in gas turbines. Their low...

...-GT-480. Manuscript received by IGTI March 25, 1998; final revision received by the ASME Headquarters October 20, 1999. Associate Technical Editor: R. Kielb. 02 June 1998 25 March 1998 20 October 1999 high-temperature effects ceramics silicon compounds carbon compounds...

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